If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
AJAHN CHAHThe Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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